Sunday, Funday

Today it is BEAUTIFUL outside!!! I would much rather be outside than inside working :( - but I did have fun at the HCC required workout at 2:30... My trainer Sarah was 'in charge' and taught everyone Nia (for 30 minutes), Yoga (15 min), and Pilates (15 min). It was good to stretch out - I haven't done Nia or Yoga in a while :) Pilates isn't my favorite - we do it every Tues/Thurs anyway with Sarah - but I suppose my core is getting stronger, so that's not a complaint per se... I didn't feel that this Sunday's workout was the hardest ever but the Nia was a lot of fun - and Sarah played music from the CD that I gave everyone at the beginning of the program - so it was fun to listen and dance to *my* music :) Some Jurassic 5, some Black Eyed Peas some Mute Math... good stuff :)

Tomorrow Jenelle and I are hitting the pool again! Yay!

More nutrition info since my above entry isn't very long...

Notes from HCC meeting on 3/4/10:

Protein, Grains, & Fat

Protein

- Each person should eat 0.8-1.2 grams protein per kg of your body weight (divide your body weight by 2.2 to get your kg)

- Don't eat more than 35mg of protein/meal - more than that and it very well could be stored as fat...

- You probably don't need protein supplements - you can get the right amount of proteins from the food you eat (beans, quinoa = complete protein, lean meat, greek yogurt = 15g protein!)

- Some light protein choices: boneless, skinless chicken breast; light tuna (water packed); fish (salmon, sea bass, halibut); egg whites or eggs; shrimp; extra lean ground ____ (beef, turkey, chicken...)

Grains

- Need 6 servings or 6 oz/day of whole grains!

- Whole Grain choices: barley, brown rice, buckwheat, bulgur (cracked wheat), millet, oatmeal, popcorn, whole wheat pasta, wild rice, quinoa, whole grain couscous (100% whole grain)

Fat

- You need 6 tsp of oils/day

- Healthy fat choices: natural style peanut butter or almond butter, olive oil, canola oil, safflower oil, flax seed oil, raw nuts (walnuts, peanuts, or almonds)

- Be careful when cooking with oils, some hydrogenate when heated (flax seed oil and safflower oil) - also the greener the olive oil, the less it should be cooked with - use these oils as home made salad dressings... veggie oil, sesame oil, and 'yellow' olive oil are good for cooking - but be careful with the olive oil

That's it - more later :)